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Every June, the NBA Draft features college stars with uncertain pro futures. Sometimes those players become stars (e.g. Kevin Love), sometimes they fail horribly (e.g. Trajan Langdon), and sometimes they defy easy binaries and have successful careers as role players (e.g. J.J. Redick). In 2011, BYU scorer Jimmer Fredette was one such player. After a collegiate career in which he inspired "Jimmermania" and put up gaudy shooting stats, Fredette was considered an iffy prospect due to his suspect defense and the fact that he wouldn't be able to dominate the ball at the pro level. Nevertheless, Jimmer was made the 10th overall pick by the Milwaukee Bucks and subsequently dealt to the Sacramento Kings as part of a draft-day trade. Fredette's two full seasons in Sacramento have been less than stellar. Despite respectable shooting from three-point range (38.4 percent for his career), he has indeed struggled defensively and has not settled into a clear role. In fact, Fredette's minutes average dropped in his second season from 18.6 to 14.0 per game, which is typically not a good sign. In the Kings' celebratory opener Wednesday night against the Denver Nuggets, Jimmer failed to get into the game. Yet he got arguably worse news on Thursday. According to a report from Sam Amick of USA Today , the Kings have declined to pick up his fourth-year option for the 2014-15 season, making Fredette a free agent in the summer of 2014:
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